stay-at-home medicine ~ (embiggenable) • iPhone
Lartigue-like Abarth ~ (embiggenable) • iPhone
YESTERDAY'S ENTRY GENERATED 2 COMMENTS which are presented here....
One comment was a question from Markus Spring:
"Just curious, Mark: How did you achieve that Lartigue hint in the look of your Abarth?"
my response: Easy enough. I could write that the Abarth just looks fast even while sitting still but .... it's the result of optical distortion from the use of the new ultra wide lens on the iPhone 11 PRO.
The other comment is from THOMAS RINK which I will let stand on its own - no response needed:
A related story from me, if I may share it: I took up photography in 1982, as a teenager. My way of working were photo walks, taking pictures of whatever I found interesting. Within walking distance from my parent's home was a place which I believe was an abandoned orchard, overgrown with blackberries, nettles and elderberry shrubs. I visited this place repeatedly, sometimes got pictures that I liked, but more often not.
In 1987, I had to quit photography. I studied biology, started a family and found work as a software developer, so there wasn't much free time left. It wasn't before 2010 that I was able to afford a digital camera, and start photography again.
Anyway, in September 2019 by chance I came across that very same orchard again on one of my photo walks. It looked like it did back in 1985! I took some pictures and almost immediately saw the potential. Since then I visited this place at least once a week, even during the lockdown. When comparing the pictures I got recently with those from 35 years earlier, they look strikingly similar in terms of subject matter and composition. However, I'm able to get satisfying pictures more consistently (not in technical terms - I mean aesthetically satisfying). So, while my 'vision' remained essentially the same, it seems to have become more 'focused' or 'refined'.
The important finding for me is that I discovered something like an 'invariance' within myself. - And I consider this as a gift. I believe that some kind of 'resilience' against the influence of others (to take 'pleasing/meaningful pictures') is crucial.